School of Administrative Science

This undergraduate, six-course, eighteen credit, certificate program is tailored to government workers and other individuals from the nonprofit sector interested in pursuing undergraduate courses geared towards improvement of management and supervisory skills, while earning credits that lead to a baccalaureate degree. Transfer credits (up to 90), life experience/portfolio assessment (up to 30 credits), College Level Examination Program (CLEP-up to 30 credits) can be applies towards a 120-credit Bachelor of Arts in Individualized Studies degree. Student must take at least 30-credits of course work at FDU to be conferred a degree.

Requirements

Select any four courses in the specialization, an elective plus the Global Challenge Course to earn an 18-credit undergraduate certificate.

Specialized Studies

• PADM4531    Fire Dynamics
• PADM4532    Fire Related Human Behavior
• PADM4533    Incendiary Fire Analysis and Investigation
• PADM4534    Fundamentals of Fire Investigation
• PADM4535    Electrical Fire Investigation
• PADM4536    Motor Vehicle Fire Inves.

Electives

• PADM4543    Municipal Budgeting
• PADM4544    GIS and Emergency Response
• PADM4545    EffectIVE Risk CommUNI for Ldrshp
• PADM4546    Fact Finding, Preparation and Testimony

Global Challenge

• CORE1006    Core A - The Global Challenge

PADM 4531    Fire Dynamic
Examines fire dynamics within the context of firefighting and its applications to fire situations, including   combustion, flame spread, flashover and smoke movement, as well as application to building codes, large-loss fire and fire modeling.

PADM 4532  Fire Related Human Behavior
Examines human aspects of the fire problem, including research and analysis of the problems and related issues in residential properties, wild land fires, assisted living/group home situations, commercial/industrial settings and multi-use high-rise buildings.

PADM 4533 Incendiary Fire Analysis and Investigation
Examines technical, investigative, legal and managerial approaches to the arson problem including principles of incendiary fire analysis and detection environmental and psychological factors of arson, gang-related arson legal   considerations and trial preparations, managing the fire investigation unit, intervention and mitigation strategies and shaping the future.

PADM 4534 Fundamentals of Fire Investigation
Examines the organization, responsibilities and authority of the fire investigator, fire behavior, basics of building construction as it relates to the investigator, basic electricity for the investigator, recognition of hazardous materials, examine and securing the fire scene, documenting, evidence collection and preservation, determination of the exterior and interior of the scene, determination of the area of origin, debris examination removal, reconstruction, determination of ignition source, interviewing and interrogation analysis of the findings and presentation.

PADM 4535  Electrical Fire Investigation
Examines the method of evidence collection, documenting and preservation, determining the origin and source of ignition, understanding the standard electrical codes for wiring and loads, research in relationship to manufactures of the electrical components, understanding basic wiring schematics, recognizing the need for more qualified assistance to determine cause, investigation of financial status of victim, interviewing and interrogation.

PADM 4536 Motor Vehicle Fire Investigation
Examines the method of evidence collection, documenting and preservation, determining the origin and cause of the fire, research in relationship to the vehicle manufacturer, recognizing the need for more qualified assistance to determine cause, interviewing and interrogation, investigation of the financial status of the victim.